Customer Review: Book was in great condition! They had extremely fast shipping and showed great care in packaging the book. I would definitely buy from them again.
Customer Review: I did not buy this book through amazon, although i wish I would have with the markdown in price. It is a great deal compared to the $49 I paid (8-26-10) at B&N. Early on, I was in need of a great, solid, easy to read book that would introduce me into the Dreamweaver world. Being an amateur and... more info
Customer Review: In the 1970s, ABC's "Schoolhouse Rock" took the tedious process of making a law and distilled it down into a 3-minute song that many of us can at least sing the first few bars from ("I'm just a bill, yes I'm only a bill, and I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill..."). Marc Pilgrim takes a different... more info
Customer Review: Only read a few chapters yet. So far looks like the best introduction of JQuery that I was ever able to get by just looking at online tutorials and trying to comprehend other peoples code.
Customer Review: Great book. The material is relevant and concise. Perfect guide for someone who has programmed in other languages but wants to get into Javascript. Not for n00bs though. N00bs, you've been warned.
Customer Review: I don't understand why 5-star reviews have the highest number for this book. A lot of the 5-star reviews are one-liners that simply say "this book is great" without giving concrete reasons. I want to echo other reviewers' comments that this book is wordy, repetitive, disorganized. That is so... more info
Customer Review: This book is one of the best that I've read so far on design patterns. The examples are "crystal" clear and entertaining at the same time. And the interaction that it keeps (asking you questions, inviting you to ask yourself questions and inviting you to complete some exercises...) it really helps... more info
Customer Review: Instead of just giving an opinion I'll give you the facts of my use of this book. I bought this book because it was to be used for my intro to programming course using java. I bought it 2 months before the class and decided to start going through it (I know, overachiever). I had no prior programming... more info
Customer Review: The authors do a good job of getting the concepts across, but this book is high on: - Larry Wall. Ok, sure, he invented Perl and I'm sure he's a smart guy - but really guys, get over your love affair with him. It's really not helpful.
- Footnotes. For the love of god, stop it. Sometimes... more info
Customer Review: It's really hard to believe it covers php, mysql and javascript in such a small book. It describes and introduces these languages in a very clear way. The author's writing ability is amazing. I hope he can write more books like this to help people learn new programming language efficiently.
Customer Review: Lots of good information in this book - it covers a huge amount of information related to Information Architecture (as you might expect). Very in-depth, and a great resource. I only give it three stars though because it isn't really a great read. I know, it's a book on IA, what do you expect, right?... more info
Customer Review: I have been a professional developer for 4 years now mainly focused in the windows services and back ground communication pipelines. I was asked to pick up support for an app written with alot of jQuery. I was given "jQuery Cookbook" by a friend and I fell in love. It is straight into the meat.... more info
Customer Review: First off, the title is completely misleading. Almost every chapter in the book covers how to build iPhone-specific web applications using HTML 5 and CSS3 specs. The last two chapters, and only the last two chapters, address converting these iPhone web apps into iPhone native apps using PhoneGap and... more info
Customer Review: This book is for PHP 6 which... does't exist. The description says "PHP 6 (due out in 2008)." It didn't come out in 2008. It hasn't come out in 2010. No one knows when it will come out. This is a technical book about a non-existent technology.
Customer Review: I really enjoyed the book. It has everything you need to:
a) Get started running your own cluster and writing your own MR jobs
b) Understand how to administer the cluster
c) Troubleshoot your programs
d) Learn about really important side projects like Pig, Hive, Zookeeper... more info
Customer Review: This is a terrible book. I've had to buy several Thompson Course Technology series books written by Don Gosselin and I have not liked one. They are riddled with errors. Gosselin's approach to teaching the subject matter is mediocre at best and I'm not the only one that thinks this. Just read reviews... more info
Customer Review: This is THE Perl book, but unless your style of learning is very different from mine, I wouldn't recommend it as your FIRST Perl book. For that, try Learning Perl. But after you've spent some time writing simple Perl scripts, this is an excellent choice for your SECOND Perl book. Don't be... more info
Customer Review: Like all the head first books, this one is very readable. But if you have any previous experience programming anything, you will likely find much of the information too trivial (example: 5 pages to describe a "for" loop).
If you want to learn javascript and don't have any programming... more info